Dressmaker&#39;s pedestal



Jane 2o, 195o R. G. MAYO DREssMAxERzs PEDEs'rAL Filed June l2, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 20, 1950 R'. G. MAYO /nREssMAKERs PEDESTAL Filed June 12, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheeil 2 ATTORNEY Patented June 2Q, 1950 l OFFICE DRESSMAKERS PEDESTAL Ruby G. Mayo, Los Ange1e'sf,'caiif. Application June 12, 1946, vSerial No. 676,311"

2 claims. (c1. :ae-.10i

This invention relates to a dressmakers pedestal and has for its primary object to provide a device for facilitating pinning or folding a dress or coat hem on a, figure or model.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a dressmakers pedestal embodying vertically and laterally adjustable means about which a hem is adapted to be formed according to the height of the hem from the floor and the fullness of the skirt.

Another object of the invention is to provide simple and improved means guiding the forming of a dress orskirt hem, said means being adjustable and removable from the garment after the hem is pinned or otherwise secured. f

Another object of the invention is to provide a, dressmakers pedestal which is rotatable to cause progressive rotation of the ligure or model whereby the hem can be progressively moved with respect to the operator and thereby facilitating the forming thereof. y

My invention also has for its objects to provide such means that are positive in operation, con'- venient in use, easily installed in a working position and easily disconnected therefrom, economical of manufacture, relatively simple, and of general superiority and serviceability,

The invention also comprises novel details of construction and novel combinations and arrangements of parts, which will more fully apf pear in the course of the following description. However, the drawings merely show and the following description merely describes one embodiment of the present invention,'which is given by way of illustration or example only.

In the drawings, like reference characters designate similar parts in the several views.

Fig. 1 is a top plan View of a dressmakers pedestal embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional View thereof as taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan sectional view as taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary detail face view of a band for guiding the forming of a hem and showing support means therefor.

Fig. 5 is an edge View thereof.

The dressmakers pedestal which is shown in the drawing comprises, generally, a xed base Ill, a relatively rotatable platform I I mounted thereon, means I2 for effecting said rotation, vertically adjustable means I3 carried by the platform Il; means I4 carried by the means I3 adapted for guiding the forming of a hem of a garment on a gure or model standing on the 1loor23, means I5 for effecting the mentioned vertical adjustment, and means I6 for laterally adjusting the means I4 in accordance with the fullness of the garment being hemmed.

The base I0 comprises a base plate I'I which is shown supported on mounting feet I8 and is provided with an upstanding tubular wall I9. The upper end of the wall I9 mounts avplurality of rollers 20 or the like which are carried on horizontal axes and serve to support the pedestal II.

The platform II comprises a tubular wall 2l, somewhat enlarged at its bottom end, and fitted with a ring 22 which has direct bearing on the rollers 2li.` A oor 23 is provided at the of the platform and serves to support a figure or model wearing the garment to be hemmed. A bottom wall or spider 24 is provided at the bottom of the platform and, intermediate its height another wall or spider 25 is provided.

The means I2 comprises a bevel gear 2t carried centrally of the wall'24 and, therefore, axially of the base or pedestal, a bevel pinion 2l in mesh with said gear, a shaft 28v extending from the pinion radially through the wall I9, and a crank handle 29 on the outer end of the shaft. It will be evident that the platform -can be rotated by manipulation of the handle 29.

The means I3 comprises a plate 30 within the platform II, guide rails 3|' carried by the wall 2l, three or more standards 32 mounted on said plate 30, a clip 33 on the upper end of each standard, and a separable band 3d carried by the clips. The standards 32 extend through openings 35 in the oor 23 so that the band resides on the outer side of said floor. The means Ill, includes the circular band 34 which comprises a flexible metal strip formed with a loop 33 at one end to receive and to enable the other and free end to slide therethrough as the band is expanded or contracted to vary its'diameter. Each clip 33 is formed with an eye 3l through which the band 34 is freely movable yet firmly supportedsaid eye being somewhat offset with respect to the standard engaging portion 33 of the clip. Thus, the eye of each clip is spaced from the standard as best seen in Fig. 5 and depends from the portion 38.

The means I6 may vary. As shown, said means comprises an inwardly bent foot 39 of each standard and a guide strap or clip 40 secured to the upper side of the plate 30 and engaging the foot 39 to hold the standard vertical. Each foot 39 may bear graduations 4I for determining the extent of adjustment relative to the plate 30 and floor 23 of the standards relatively to each other and thereby varying the circumferential dimension of the band 34 carried by the standards, the free end of said band sliding freely through the loop 36, when the adjustment of the standards is being made and the band is consequently expanded or contracted in accordance with the perimeter of a, hem. The wall 2l of the platform is ,provided with access openings 42 whereby the mentioned adjustment can be effected.

The means I5 comprises a rigidscrew threaded stem 43' extending down from the plateY 3D, a bevel gear 44 internally threaded for the stem and rotationally mounted on the wall 25 at its center and held against endwise movement, a bevel gear 45 meshed with the gear 44, a radially extending shaft 46 mounting the gear 45 andl extending through the wall 2 I', and a knob or handle` 4'IY on the outer end of shaft. Manual rotation of the knob 4l will cause rotation of the gear 44 and result in vertical movement of the plate 30 which is held by the guides. 3I against rotation. Thus, the means I4 carried by the plate 30. is vertically adjustable with respect to the oor 23 to be set according to the desired, distance of thefhem from the oor.

The pedestal above described may have a fixed position in use but is rendered portable by a pair of handles 4B fixed on oppositek sides oi the base I0 as shown.

In use, a model or figure wearing the garment to be hemmed is placed on; the pedestal floor` 23 and the means I4 and I6 adjusted in accordance with the desired height of the hem and the; circumference of the skirt or garment. Height adjustment is facilitated by graduations 49 on each standard which may be read in connection with the upper surface ofthe oor. The skirt. materias is then folded aroundl the band 34 and pinned or otherwise secured. The mentioned offset of the clip eyes 3T permits such folding of the hem around the clips as shown in, Fig. 5. The operator may maintain a stationary position and by turning the crank handle 29, rotate the platform and the model thereon to bringr unhemmed portions of the garment to him for hemming. After the hem has been formed, the free end of the band 34 is disconnected from the loop 36 at the other end of the band, which may then be Withdrawn from the formed hem. Those portions of the hem which are engaged over the clips are then slipped down and released from the clips.

The pedestal proportions may vary. The diameter-height ratio may be made to accord with the minimum height necessary for obtainingr the height adjustments of the band withrelation to the floor. Although the platform rotating gearing and the band adjusting gearing have been shown as separate mechanisms separately controlled, said gearing can be combined as a single mechanism controlled by one handle or knob and embodying suitable shift means for selective operation. A more compactdevicemay be obtained thereby.

While I have illustrated and described what I now regard as the preferred embodiment of my invention, the construction. is, of course, subject to modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention. I, therefore, do not wish to restrict myself to the particular form of construction illustrated and described, but desire to avail myself of all modifications that may fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. A dressmakers pedestal comprising, in combination, a fixed base, a housing having a flat top constituting a platform, roller and track means supporting said housing above the base, manually operable means extending radially from said base and including gearing connected to the housing for rotating the latter relative tc the base, a plate withinl said housing and guided thereby for movement toward and from the platform, means interconnecting said plate and housing for adjusting the former and including a single operating handle extending radially outward from said housing below the platform thereof, spaced relatively adjustable standards carried by said plate and extending freely through the platform of the housing, and an adjustable band carried by the extending portions of the standards above the platform.

2. In. a dressmakers pedestal, a rotationally mounted housing terminating at the top in a platform having uniformly arranged spaced openings therethrough, a wall closing the bottom of said housing and spaced from the platform, a plate in the housing between the wall and platform, guides for said plate carried by the housing to hold said plate non-rotationally with respect to the housing yet rotationally with the housing, means to adjust said plate toward and from the platform and carried by said bottom wall, said means including a handle extending laterally outward of the housing, a set of standards adjustably carried by said plate and extending through the mentioned openings in the platform, and an adjustable band carried by said standards above the platform.

RUBY G. MAYO.

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